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The Moon on Saturday, May 27, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on May 27, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 May 1950366,511 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 27, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.8% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
366,511 km227,739 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1950 is on Wednesday, May 31, 1950 at 12:43 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 17, 1950 at 00:55 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 24, 195021:28
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 31, 195012:43

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Saturday, May 27, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1950 to the new moon of June 15, 1950, a cycle of 29.62 days.